IP Library Granted Patent US 11,294,287
Granted Patent B2
US 11,294,287 · App. 16/304,095 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Photoresist pattern shrinking composition and pattern shrinking method

Inventors: Seung Hun Lee (Daegu, KR); Seung Hyun Lee (Daegu, KR); Su Jin Lee (Daegu, KR); Gi Hong Kim (Daegu, KR)
Assignee: YOUNG CHANG CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
G03F7/40C11D1/721C11D3/181C11D3/201C11D3/2065C11D3/2068C11D3/2072C11D3/2093C11D3/32C11D3/43H01L21/027
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Patent No.
US 11,294,287
App. No.
16/304,095
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a composition for shrinking a photoresist pattern, which is capable of shrinking a photoresist pattern using a photoresist during the fabrication of a semiconductor, and to a method of shrinking a pattern using the composition, whereby a pattern to be formed can be shrunken in a photoresist-patterning process, thus remarkably decreasing the number of steps of a semiconductor fabrication process and reducing the fabrication time and costs.

Claims (19)

1. A composition for shrinking a photoresist pattern on a wafer, the composition comprising:

20 to 80 wt % of a pattern-shrinking material for shrinking the photoresist pattern on the wafer;

20 to 80 wt % of a solvent; and

0.01 to 2 wt % of a surfactant,

wherein the surfactant is polyoxyethylene nonylphenylether,

wherein the pattern-shrinking material is any one or a mixture of two or more selected from the group consisting of acetyl carbitol as a C1-C10 ketone-based solvent; ethylene glycol or triethylene glycol monoethylether as a C1-C10 ether-based solvent; and diethylene glycol monobutylether acetate as a C1-C10 ester-based solvent, and

wherein the solvent is 2-heptanol.

2. A method of shrinking a photoresist pattern on a wafer, the method comprising:

(1) dispensing a composition for shrinking the photoresist pattern on the photoresist pattern on the wafer;

(2) puddling for a predetermined period of time; and

(3) spin drying,

wherein the composition for shrinking the photoresist pattern comprises:

20 to 80 wt % of a pattern-shrinking material for shrinking the photoresist pattern on the wafer;

20 to 80 wt % of a solvent; and

0.01 to 2 wt % of a surfactant,

wherein the surfactant is polyoxyethylene nonylphenylether,

wherein the pattern-shrinking material is any one or a mixture of two or more selected from the group consisting of acetyl carbitol as a C1-C10 ketone-based solvent; ethylene glycol or triethylene glycol monoethylether as a C1-C10 ether-based solvent; and diethylene glycol monobutylether acetate as a C1-C10 ester-based solvent, and

wherein the solvent is 2-heptanol.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the puddling is performed for 20 to 120 seconds.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 14, 2023
From: YOUNG CHANG CHEMICAL CO., LTD
To: YCCHEM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064276/0151 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2018
From: LEE, SEUNG HUN; LEE, SEUNG HYUN; LEE, SU JIN; KIM, GI HONG
To: YOUNG CHANG CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048147/0135 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0079357 · Jun 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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